Opinion

Krolick v. Lowery

  • 32 A.D.2d 317
  • 302 N.Y.S.2d 109
  • 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3600
Court
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Filed
Jun 26, 1969
Status
Published
Author
McGivern
On the bench
Eager, McGivern, Stevens
Cited by
10 cases

The opinion

McGivern, J. (dissenting in part).

I dissent only to the extent I would annul the determination with respect to the defendant Krolick as lacking in substantial evidence. Reasonable grounds justifying a belief he was intoxicated are absent. In fact, he was acquitted of any charge relating to 4 4 intoxicating liquors ” while on duty. He passed all the standard tests. The Captain said: 4 4 there was nothing to indicate that his condition was anything but normal. ’ ’ What then caused the order he submit a blood sample for testing? The merest suspicion that a faint odor might be alcohol. We must have grounds more weighty than this to surmount the constitutional objections stressed by Mr. Justice Eager in his dissent. Although, I do not agree with the suggestion advanced in this dissent that the right to exact a blood sample is permissible only if related to a criminal offense.

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